Research Article

Safety and Efficacy of Small Bowel Examination by Capsule Endoscopy for Patients before Liver Transplantation

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients.

Age (years, mean ± SD)
Sex (men/women)13/18
Etiology11/6/5/5/4
(HCV/NASH/alcohol/PBC/others)
HCC (yes/no)6/25
Portal thrombus (yes/no)2/29
Child–Pugh score (mean ± SD)
MELD score (mean ± SD)
Upper and lower endoscopic findings
 E. varices23 (74%)
  History of therapy13 (42%)
  History of bleeding8 (26%)
 G. varices5 (16%)
 PHG9 (29%)
 PHC9 (29%)